Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council

Interview at Educause

Michael D. Sessa​, PESC

​​​​"The alliance between HR Open Standards & PESC allows us to coordinate standards development efforts, exchange knowledge, advance interoperability, and educate the community regarding standards, all of which benefit our members and the industry."

Kim Bartkus

Executive Director

HR Open Standards Consortium

​​​​​"PESC…a strong and influential

voice for promoting national and international standards to facilitate

postsecondary data exchange."

Ken Sauer, Ph.D., Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief Academic Officer, Indiana Commission for Higher Education​​

News & Press

Announcements, Newsletters & Applications

​“As the exchange of student data becomes digitized, we maintain our commitment to standards and join PESC in its mission to develop data standards in the education domain and to staying in the forefront of technological advancement.”​
Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert
President, Board of Directors

Association of International Credential Evaluators

​“Data standards, trusted source,

empowerment, mobility and its value

to students, education & employers

are the centerpieces of our work.”

Frank C. Cicio, Jr.

CEO and Founder

iQ4 Corporation

“The Council on Admission and Transfer of Nova Scotia (CATNS) is excited to become

a PESC Member.  We are happy

to support development of the standards

that are key to our success.” 

Ruth Blades

Operations Manager

Council on Admission & Transfer of Nova Scotia

​​​​​​​“The Chamber Foundation is excited

to join PESC and to contribute

toward the ongoing development

of data standards for education."

Jason A. Tyszko, Vice President

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Center for Education and Workforce​

​“Lumina Foundation believes that data standards are an essential aspect for improving data quality, transparency, and interoperability

on competencies and credentials for students, employers, and institutions. We are proud to join the data standards community & support efforts that allow systems to connect data together to ensure the ability of students to pursue further education and employment.”

Amber Garrison Duncan

Strategy Director

Lumina Foundation​​

​​​​"PESC is the platform for innovative,

problem-solving dialogue, which

results in functional standards,

based on real-world business models."​

Anne Valentine

President & CEO

DegreeData​​

​​​​"Systems must be designed to meet the standards and guidelines of NCES…

including the schemas of PESC."

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant RFA

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009